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[bjornwilde]

Would you describe your character(s) as being an introvert or extrovert?

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[splash_of_blue]

Sam - extrovert with introvert tendencies. He's fairly like me: extrovert by choice most of the time, but quite happy to be alone and sometimes in need of alone time to recharge.

Molly - the shyest, quietest soul ever to sit quietly in a corner, obviously. ;)

McGonagall - somewhere in between, but more on the extroverted side than she might be given credit for. She often seems more introverted than she is, just because living in a school of eight hundred hormonal magical teenagers (to say nothing of Severus Snape...) for nine months a year means a woman really prizes her alone time.

Beref - Introvert. Snow leopards are solitary animals.

Raoul - A lot of people think he's an introvert, but really he just hates parties. Formal, fussy parties where there's a lot of bowing and scraping and fakeness - and also alcohol. Given that he's a recovering alcoholic, having to be on his very bestest behaviour while surrounded by booze and boozing people is Not Enjoyable. But as a natural leader, he's pretty extroverted, and he enjoys (and will initiate) parties given on his terms, with people he likes.

Victoria - Mild extrovert. It's nice to get out in the world and murder meet new and interesting people...

Coulson - Another mild extrovert, although much less so than Victoria. He's not as outgoing as, say, Molly, but he does enjoy company.

Poe - Extrovert, definitely. Poe's very much a people-person.

BB-8 - Ditto, albeit a rather skittish one.

War - Extrovert. Some (many) would say rather too extroverted...

[bjornwilde]

Ahsoka is an awkward extrovert, at least when she's not dealing with Jedi business or military situations. She enjoys interacting with people, but civilian social norms kind of allude her.

Sabine is a total extrovert...unless she's feeling moody. Then she turns introvert and hides in her cabin. Or her armor if the cabin isn't available.

Tybalt, I think, is an introvert who learned to be an extrovert. A king must entertain and has a duty to his people to be seen.

Viv is an interesting case, as she's online 100% of the time and so can choose to be with people even if she is physically alone. She also has her emotional processors isolated, so doesn't feel as much as she could on the matter.

Jessica is a true extrovert. She loves socializing and people too much to be anything else. This likely comes from once being in a coma most of her childhood and then being brainwashed by HYDRA and isolated.

[i_am_your_host]

Emcee: extrovert. He enjoys being surrounded by people, seeks out their company, and absolutely thrives on social interaction. He is never by himself for very long, and if he does isolate himself, it's a sign that something might be wrong with him.

Cassidy: extrovert. He is outgoing and friendly, unless he's not. He does get mopey and lonely if he has no one to make a connection with, so he is the most comfortable in social situations.

Pam: I'm gonna say...introvert. But it's not quite the same as just simply hating having to interact with people. She's certainly not shy and has no qualms about making her opinion known, she just...hates people. She finds humans insufferable, even other vampires (besides Eric) are irritating, and don't even get her started on fairies and werewolves. However, her job requires her to be social, and she'll definitely let you know how annoyed she is.

Floki: introvert. He is happiest in his shack in the woods down by the seashore, away from civilization.

[angry_friendship_wolf]

I actually honestly don't know for Yamato. I know a lot of fans would say he's a cut-and-dry introvert, and for good reason: He can be quite quiet, and when he feels upset or under threat, he tends to respond by isolating himself and recharging on his own. He definitely presents with more introverted tendencies.

But that doesn't seem to be his natural or ideal state of being. He admits to Gabumon that he actually hates being alone, he's a natural leader, and when he's comfortable with people he often seeks out affectionate interaction with them, even if that interaction might just involve occupying the same space. And ultimately his behaviour is modelled after a wolf, and wolves are pack animals.

So if I had to pick one, I'd fall on the side of him actually being an extrovert who forces himself to act like an introvert.

[for_everyone]

Hera I don't see as necessarily being naturally extroverted, so much as that she's not shy, and can have a single-minded determination when it comes to her goals. Which means that if making conversation, forming relationships, barging into ships when she's like 8 and demanding to be shown how they work is going to get her toward those goals... she's going to do that. She also genuinely likes people and likes learning about them and hearing their stories - I just don't know that socializing is necessarily enervating for her the way it's supposed to be with extroverts.

Kanan I think is more actively inclined toward introverted, and some level of shyness, though that was really situational - for instance, when he was interested or engaged in something, he definitely wasn't afraid to show his enthusiasm. But once he was on the run, he pretty actively worked to reorient his personality, knowing that he had to be sociable and outgoing in order to survive, but also that he had to conceal his own feelings and perspectives. I think being with his crew has allowed him some room to shift somewhat back toward how he was as Caleb, but he's still kind of somewhere in the middle now.

[takethatnature]

Wilson's in the middle but falls on the introvert side of the divide, because he doesn't need a lot of social interaction to be happy but isn't inherently drained by socialising either. However, he has bad social skills, which make people disinclined to overlook or be charmed by his other eccentricities, and as a result he hardly ever finds mingling with strangers an enjoyable experience and hates parties in particular.

Bastion spends a lot of time alone without loneliness becoming a problem, but they also like spending time with friends; however, they lack confidence in social situations and have a certain level of baseline apprehension about meeting unfamiliar humans. They're only mildly introverted by nature but those things could make them seem much more strongly so.

Thurlow I think is an extrovert, albeit an extrovert with a tendency to seclude themself for research binges or artistic marathon sessions. They enjoy socialising and meeting new people.

Aradia is a big-time extrovert.

Cirava I think is a natural extrovert who doesn't have anyone they can have a genuine conversation with right now. Being a people person helped them build up their following in the first place, but it also makes it hurt more to lose all their close friends.